A History of Development

EY Laboratories, Inc has been pioneering Rapid diagnostic testing since the early 1970s. We were the first inventors and developers in many aspects of today’s modern testing methods. Below is a chart of our past history and accomplishments. Development, design and strict quality control testing are performed entirely in house. We thrive on the same spirit of innovation and creativity within from the very beginning. For many products in today’s market, the concept originated from EY Laboratories.

 

Year What Happened
1978 EY Laboratories, officially incorporated in the State of California. Started early stages of development in rapid assay principle which is current technology backbone.
1979 Developed colloidal gold methodology for use in rapid assays and EM, LM applications.
1983 Developed rapid confirmation test for N. gonohorrea and Strep A.
1984 Demonstrated a prototype for rapid pregnancy test using rapid assay principles.
1985-6 Development and manufacturing of FASTCHEK(TM) for HIV rapid testing.
1986 Collaboration with DuPont de Nemours Clinical Diagnostics division for production of OEM brand, HIVCHEK(TM).
1987 HIVCHEK(TM) presented to Rapid Microbiology Conference in Florence Italy.
1988 First Rapid Diagnostic test delivered to sub-saharan Africa with no refrigeration storage requirements.
1989 Winner of 1989 R&D 100 Award for HIVCHEK rapid manual testing.
1991 Expanded rapid testing family to include Torch panel and HCV
1993 HIVSPOT(TM) and HCVSPOT OEM to Genelabs Diagnostics (As of 2005, MP Biomedicals)
1994 Torch Panel presented to AACC and ASM meetings from 1993-1995
1995 Development of next generation of rapid testing called InstantChek(TM)
1996 Expanded rapid testing family to include H. Pylori, T.Carres on InstantChek(TM) platform
1998 Developed rapid testing for multiple simultaneous analytes on InstantChek(TM) platform
2000 First Rapid Diagnostic test introduced and sold into People’s Republic of China, with SFDA approval for marketing.
2000 Rapid test for Carbohydrate Identification on InstantChek(TM) platform
1990-2000 Ongoing development for Digital Image Analyzer system for automated quantitative rapid manual testing.
2001 InstantChek(TM) tests developed and manufactured for Mouse Monoclonal Antibody Isotyping.
2003 InstantChek(TM) 3 step protocol developed. Manual test can now be performed in under 60 seconds.
2004 Presented at AACC meeting methodology for enhancing sensitivity of InstantChek(TM)
2005 Developed 3 step, one minute protocol for multiple anayltes.